Single-crystal growth of the decagonal Al-Ni-Co quasicrystal

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-552

  Sato, Taku J ^a   Hirano, Toshiyuki ^a   Tsai, An Pang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Al Ni Co; Decagonal phase; Floating zone method; Quasicrystal; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT; CRYSTAL GROWTH; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NICKEL; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

FLOATING ZONE METHOD; X RAY LAUE BACK REFLECTION METHOD;

QUASICRYSTALS;

EID: 0032115459     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0248(98)00164-X     Document Type: Article

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